#gvsummer2026

[gestral-village]

Introducing (what I hope is) our annual Summer Event!

Taking place from June 14th thru June 22nd, I offer to you a simple prompt-based event.

Participation is simple!

🍦 Share your work on Social Media with #GVSummer2026 (all platforms)!

🍦 Add your writing to the Collection on AO3 (not up yet, but soon!)

🍦 Tag us here on Tumblr!

🍦 Have fun!

Let's celebrate our favourite Expeditioners with some fun (or not fun!) under the sun!

MASSIVE Shoutout to @ingapotejtoo for the stellar art!!

[madebydun]

Gestral Village Summer Shenanigans day 4: sleep

One of the very first E33 fanart ideas I had 🤭 I'll forever mourn that we didn't get the purple haircut (mods?? Anyone??)

@gestral-village

[omegakina]

Lofi Lune

Today's illustration for Day 6 (Song/Instrument/Hobby, or maybe all of them at once?) of @gestral-village's summer challenge. Watercolor on an A5 sketchbook.

More details below.

I obviously used the original Lofi Girl as a reference for this painting, drawn freehand (hence the few issues here and there ^^). Here are the images: 1/ before painting, 2/ with the background painted, and 3/ with the base color applied everywhere.

After this step, I went back to add shadows and adjust the color throughout, trying to give the impression of late afternoon.

I assumed that Lune was right-handed (unlike the Lofi Girl), even though we see her writing with her left hand in the "max relationship" dialogue at the camp (in fact, the entire expedition writes with their left hand except during motion-captured cutscenes - I guess they all share the same animation of "writing in Gustave's diary"). But since she holds her guitar like a right-hander, and since people are generally more likely to be right-handed, I took that liberty.

I hope guitar players will forgive me: I didn’t put the right number of frets on the instrument at all (well, if that were the only problem, you might say…)

Next (and final) step for me: Day 8. See you in two days!

[usesteeledstrikeongustavesbutt]

I don't know if this counts as swimming lmao the boys are just playing in the water. @gestral-village

[winter-of-tomorrow]

@gestral-village Summer Shenanigans Day 6:

Song / Instrument / Hobby

I am very sure this started somewhere cute and summer-themed and then it suddenly was not anymore.

"Look what they've done to my song, ma" by Melanie (Lyrics slightly changed)

[thevalesofanduin]

SUMMARY

It had been one of those ideas thrown in for shits and giggles, just a random 2 AM thought that everyone should have forgotten about the next day. Because when you're a group of seven friends, no idea ever makes it out of the group chat successfully. Until now. Which is how they find themselves on a honest-to-God camping trip to the Côte d'Azur, ready for some sun, sea and fun.

READ CHAPTER 1/8 HERE

Here we go! This is my contribution to the @gestral-village Summer Shenanigans event. I'll be posting for one of the prompts for each day, and each chapter will focus on one character.

Enjoy!

[imgoingtocrash]

allez, maelle!

Rating: G

Word Count: 2,802

Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Summary:

“There,” Gustave says with a satisfied pat of her cheek. “Now you can go out and be the best of Lumière’s Expeditioners.” The school’s team mascot has been the same since he was enrolled many, many years ago. He’s still not particularly sure what expedition, if any, from history the title refers to. (What in the world inspired the other team to be called the Nevrons, he definitely doesn’t know.)

Maelle plays on the local girls’ football/soccer team. The gang (including both of the Dessendre siblings) show up to support her.

A cute little Modern AU for Day 2 of the @gestral-village Summertime Shenanigans! Thanks for hosting a fun summer event. You made me write about sports, I can't believe it!

Read on Ao3

[drakesfortune67]

Summer Shenanigans!!!

Soooo I may have written a small thing for the Gestral Village Summer Event!!! @gestral-village for day 4, sleep, I offer some Restavelan in these happy times!! 🥰🥰🥰 A very sleepy Gustave and his two wonderful partners (Alan and Renoir) are here to spend a day in a nice warm meadow! I hope you all like the fic! Sunny Meadows (and the Perfect Place to Sleep the Day Away)